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JANUARY 10, 2015EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ETHIOPIAN KILLER MAID GETS DEATH SENTENCE
A penal court in Taif has sentenced an Ethiopian maid to death for killing her woman sponsor with an axe.
JANUARY 9, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANOTHER CONVICTED TERRORIST HANGED IN RAWALPINDI
Another convicted of attempting to assassinate former President Pervez Musharraf in December 2003, was
- JANUARY 9, 2015OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Ohio drops controversial lethal injection drug, postpones upcoming execution.
USA - Ohio. Ohio drops controversial lethal injection drug, postpones upcoming execution.
- JANUARY 9, 2015LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: 5 BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2007 KILLINGS
Lebanon’s judiciary sentenced five brothers from the Shamas family to death in abstentia over the 2007
- JANUARY 9, 2015OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Media Has No Right to Watch Executions.
USA - Oklahoma. Media Has No Right to Watch Executions.
JANUARY 8, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW PRISONERS SAVED FROM GALLOWS
between 6 and 8 January, Pakistan stopped the execution of two death row inmates scheduled to be
JANUARY 8, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MURDER
A Pakistani man convicted of drug trafficking and a Saudi national convicted of murder were beheaded in Riyadh, the interior ministry said.
JANUARY 8, 2015SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG COURIER SPARED DEATH PENALTY FOR HELPING CNB IN PROBE
A Thai woman escaped the gallows in Singapore after the High Court sentenced her to life in prison for
JANUARY 8, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 3 PRISONERS HANGED IN SANANDAJ
Three men were hanged in the Central Prison of Sanandaj.
JANUARY 8, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN PARDONS SON’S KILLER
A Saudi father saved the life of his son’s killer by forgiving him in court and refusing a large sum of money as
- JANUARY 8, 2015AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge Rick Stout sentenced John DeBlase to death
USA - Alabama. Judge Rick Stout sentenced John DeBlase to death
- JANUARY 7, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Suwaileh al-Sahimi, a Saudi convicted of murder, was executed in the holy city of Medina, the interior
Suwaileh al-Sahimi, a Saudi convicted of murder, was executed in the holy city of Medina, the interior
JANUARY 7, 2015Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: TAUNGOO BOMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
An ethnic Karen man was found guilty of the murder of two persons in connection with the bombing of a
JANUARY 7, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: DEATH SENTENCE GRANTED TO TWO IRANIAN METH SMUGGLERS
The district court in Sukabumi, West Java, has given death sentence to two Iranian citizens after they were
JANUARY 7, 2015DEATH PENALTYUSA (WASHINGTON): SEEKING DEATH PENALTY ADDS $1M TO PROSECUTION COST
Seattle University released the results of a seven-month study into the costs
- JANUARY 7, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN EXECUTES TWO MORE CONVICTED TERRORISTS
Two convicted terrorists were hanged till death in Pakistan on Wednesday (January 7) morning, media reported.
JANUARY 6, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS HANGED IN ORUMIEH E QAZVIN
four prisoners were executed in two different prisons. Three of them were hanged in the prison of Orumieh,
JANUARY 6, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS EXECUTED FOUR INFORMERS
Al-Shabaab militants executed four people accused of spying for the United States, Ethiopia and the
- JANUARY 6, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LAWMAKERS APPROVE MILITARY TRIBUNALS
Pakistan’s Parliament passed a constitutional amendment that allows a parallel system of military courts to
- JANUARY 6, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS SYRIAN, 3RD EXECUTION IN 2015
Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian convicted of drugs trafficking, the interior ministry said, in the third execution this year in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
- JANUARY 5, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Boston Marathon bombing trial: Jury selection to start today.
USA - Boston Marathon bombing trial: Jury selection to start today.
- JANUARY 5, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING CTG HEALTH WORKER
A Chittagong court awarded death sentence to three persons for raping a health worker in Banshkhali
- JANUARY 5, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Massachusetts. Boston Marathon bombing trial: Jury selection to start today.
USA - Massachusetts. Boston Marathon bombing trial: Jury selection to start today.
- JANUARY 5, 2015OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Judge Timothy Henderson sentenced Darrell Wayne Frederick to death
USA - Oklahoma. Judge Timothy Henderson sentenced Darrell Wayne Frederick to death
JANUARY 5, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR DEATH ROW CONVICTS ACQUITTED AND TWO DEATH WARRANTS SUSPENDED BY LAHORE HIGH COURT
JANUARY 5, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: EXECUTION OF SIX CONVICTS POSTPONED
- JANUARY 4, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB BEHEADS A TEENAGER FOR SPYING
- JANUARY 4, 2015NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, in the spirit of New Year granted amnesty to 14
the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, in the spirit of New Year granted amnesty to 14
JANUARY 4, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVENTEEN PRISONERS HANGED IN NEW YEAR’S FIRST FOUR DAYS
between 1 and 4 January 2015, seventeen prisoners were executed in five different cities, including three in public.
- JANUARY 1, 2015EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.